340 shootings has occurred in the United States in 2018. 373 lives were lost due to these shootings. Pompano Beach (Parkland) was the city where a shooting acculumated the most deaths and injuries. California was the state where a shooting acculumated the most deaths and injuries
The Parkland shooting took place in Pompano Beach (Parkland), Florida on February 14, 2018. 17 people were killed in the shooting and 17 people were injured. For more information, check out the New York Times articles on the one year anniversity https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/us/parkland-anniversary-marjory-stoneman-douglas.html.
Summarizes the raw data by state’s median, mean and sum of the people affected physical, injured or killed, by the shootings.
| States | Median | Mean | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 4.5 | 4.8 | 67 |
| Arizona | 4.5 | 4.5 | 9 |
| Arkansas | 4.0 | 4.0 | 24 |
| California | 5.0 | 5.3 | 186 |
| Colorado | 4.0 | 4.5 | 36 |
| Connecticut | 4.0 | 4.0 | 8 |
| Delaware | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5 |
| District of Columbia | 4.0 | 4.2 | 25 |
| Florida | 4.0 | 6.0 | 180 |
| Georgia | 4.0 | 4.5 | 36 |
| Illinois | 4.0 | 4.9 | 171 |
| Indiana | 4.5 | 4.6 | 37 |
| Kansas | 6.0 | 6.0 | 12 |
| Kentucky | 6.0 | 8.0 | 32 |
| Louisiana | 4.0 | 5.0 | 65 |
| Maryland | 5.0 | 4.9 | 44 |
| Massachusetts | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4 |
| Michigan | 4.5 | 4.8 | 38 |
| Minnesota | 5.0 | 5.0 | 15 |
| Mississippi | 6.0 | 6.0 | 18 |
| Missouri | 4.0 | 4.6 | 64 |
| Nebraska | 6.0 | 5.7 | 17 |
| Nevada | 4.0 | 4.5 | 18 |
| New Jersey | 4.0 | 5.8 | 58 |
| New Mexico | 4.5 | 4.5 | 9 |
| New York | 4.0 | 4.5 | 58 |
| North Carolina | 4.0 | 4.6 | 51 |
| Ohio | 5.0 | 5.4 | 59 |
| Oklahoma | 4.0 | 4.2 | 21 |
| Pennsylvania | 4.0 | 5.2 | 98 |
| South Carolina | 5.5 | 6.0 | 24 |
| Tennessee | 5.0 | 4.8 | 87 |
| Texas | 4.0 | 5.7 | 91 |
| Utah | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4 |
| Virginia | 4.5 | 4.8 | 19 |
| Washington | 4.0 | 4.3 | 13 |
| Wisconsin | 4.0 | 4.2 | 17 |
The Scatter plot shows the top ten states with the highest death counts from shootings. I chose this chart becuase it quickly illustrates the the death counts in each of these states,
The interactive of the shootings across the United States that displays the amount of people killed, injured and what city it was in.